NCT06107621

iCBT for GD and Comorbidities - a Pilot

Internet-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Gambling Disorder and and Comorbidities - a Pilot Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study is a pilot study (Total N=30), with at pre, weekly during treatment, post and at three-month follow-up.

Detailed description

Recruitment will be done through online advertisement via social media and gambling-related websites. Participants will self-referred to the study via a study dedicated website (www.spelstudien.se). Login to a treatment platform will be verified using double authentication (detailed description of the online platform is provided in the application to the Swedish Ethical Review Authority). Written information about the study will be provided on the web page. Consent will be done online, with the possibility for participants to download study information and consent. Consenting participants will start a screening procedure. After screening, participants will be contacted for a telephone assessment with a clinical psychologist. During this interview, participants will be assessed for GD with a diagnostic interview, as well as the inclusion criteria for utilization of "Spelpaus". If meeting criteria for the study, participants will be referred to the baseline/ pre-measures - which will start with an additional informed consent for the treatment phase and the iCBT. Inclusion will be done after the completion of the informed consent and baseline/pre-measures. After that, participant will get access to the iCBT.

Conditions

• Gambling Disorder
• Comorbidities and Coexisting Conditions

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	iCBT for Gambling Disorder and psychiatric comorbidities	The iCBT, is based on the gambling pathways model. As a clinical conceptualization, the treatment build on loss of control, but also include additional interventions (e.g., emotion regulation and impulse control) targeting the etiological co-morbidity factors in the pathways model for emotionally vulnerable and impulsive gamblers (pathways subtypes 2 and 3).

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-12-01
• Primary completion: 2024-06-01
• Completion: 2024-06-01
• First posted: 2023-10-30
• Last updated: 2024-03-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden